Head Tilt

[Robcola]

Hi,
Anyone ever have a rabbit successfully treated for head tilt?
Thanks
Bob

 

[Fergi]

Link herehttp://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=4651&forum_id=1&highlight=Gabby

This should have lots of good info for you on head tilt.

Welcome to the forum!

Fergi's mom

 

[Robcola]

Thank you. I was on the other forum and saweveryone moved so I thought I should try this site out too. Its great.My rabbit, Thumper developed it a week ago with the typical symptoms ofnot eating or poops. I took him to my vet for the various tests and thebullas are filled with the pus that often causes the pressure thatleads to the tilt. He is on 4 different medications and for the past 2days has been eating tons of greens, hay and some pellets. He hasstarted to poop, though small but a lot of them. Cecals are alsostarting to come back. So far the head tilt is still there at times inthe 3 o'clock position, but his balance is much better and the rollinghas stopped that he is moving around his cage pretty good. We may beputting him on the injectible pecicillin on Friday and will befollowing up with another xray of his head to check out the bulla.

 

[Carolyn]

Welcome Robcola,

Thoughts and prayers are being sent your way from this neck of the woods.

Keep us posted.

-Carolyn

 

[cirrustwi]

Welcome to the forum. The onlyexperience I've had with head tilt is really limited and didn't have ahappy outcome. (It was a bun I was supposed to rescue, butdidn't get to). It sounds like you are doing everything youcan do. Good luck!! Thoughts and prayers to you andThumper.

Jen

 

[Buck Jones]

Welcome to the forum, Bob.

I don't believe you will find too many successful resolutions of theproblem, unfortunately. One of our does responded toaggressive and long term medication and got back about 90 % of herpre-diseased posture and attitude, but once the meds were stopped,reverted to an increasingly worsening condition.We, reluctantly, put her down.

The most successful comeback I am personally aware of was accomplishedby a woman who posts here relatively frequently. I don't knowif there are many of us who have her patience and experience to bringabout a similar conclusion.

Read about Gabby's and her bunny, Brice's remarkable story by linking to:

http://hometown.aol.com/savagerabbit/Brice.html

Best of luck and prayers for your bun.

Buck

 

[bluebird]

I had a friend that had a bunny recovered from head tilt yers ago however the rabbits head always tilted slightly.bluebird

 

[Gabby]

Robcola wrote:

Hi,
Anyone ever have a rabbit successfully treated for head tilt?
Thanks
Bob

If you have any questions you'd like to ask me about Brice'streatment, or survival, please feel free, to ask here or inPM. *paws crossed* for the lil guy.

 

[pamnock]

You also may want to do a search on this forum for the extensive info we've posted on "wry neck".

Pam